Extact of letter from Caleb Gibbs clerk Boston ship yard on schooners laden with frigate timbers
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Extact of letter from Caleb Gibbs clerk Boston ship yard on schooners laden with frigate timbers
Description
Extract of letter from Caleb Gibbs, clerk at Boston shipyard. Reports that Schooner laden with timbers presumbably bound for Baltimore, could not enter Chesapeake Bay. The schooner is currently at Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts.
year created
1795
month created
12
day created
31
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
David Stodder
notable person/group
David Stodder
Caleb Gibbs
clerk ship yard Boston
notable location
War Office
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Martha's Vineyard
Maryland
Massachusetts
notable item/thing
schooner
timber
frigate
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795123115055
page start
144
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) | V:1, P:144 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | David Stodder | [unknown] | [n/a] |